Tag: Roberta Domos
Consultant's corner: Roberta Domos takes her own advice
February 24, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor
REDMOND, Wash. - There's a good reason why you haven't seen HME consultant Roberta Domos on the speaking circuit in a few years.“We've been downsizing,” said Domos, owner of Domos HME Consulting Group, which has been in business since 1999. “We've done the same thing HME providers have been doing: We're not bothering with not-profitable businesses anymore. If there's one thing I know how to do, it's take my own consulting advice.”Over the years, the group's business has shifted...
Consultant's corner: Troubling and motivating providers
January 8, 2013Liz Beaulieu, Editor
When it comes to the HME industry, instead of in with the new and out with the old, it's in with the new and more of the old.
For 2013, the new includes a provision in the recently passed "fiscal cliff" deal that extends the look-back period for audits from three years to five years. The old includes a continuing stream of reviews by CMS contractors that result in staggeringly high error rates.
But the new also includes this: Providers approaching 2013 with a renewed focus on succeeding...
Think managed care is the solution?
March 25, 2011Liz Beaulieu, Editor
Industry consultant Alison Cherney says “everyone wants to get into managed care” these days.
“They're saying, 'I'm in a competitive bidding area and I lost Medicare, what do I do now?'” said Cherney, president of Cherney & Associates in Brentwood, Tenn. “They think managed care looks attractive, but they can't, after all these years of hating it, just turn around and get a contract. It's not easy and it takes awhile.”
Cherney says...